Preface to the Second Edition xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction Part One: Iambic Verse 1 Metrical Norm and Rhythmical Modulation 2 Scansion and Metrical Variation . Principles of Scansion . The Principal Iambic Meters . The Three Common Metrical Variations in Iambic Verse: The Trochaic Substitution in the First Foot, the Mid-line Trochaic Substitution, and the Feminine Ending . Less Common Trochaic Substitutions and Trochees That Maybe Are Not Trochees . Loose Iambic--Iambic Verse with Anapestic Substitutions . Other Variants: Divided Lines, Clipped Lines, Broken-Backed Lines, and Feminine Caesuras 3 Additional Sources of Rhythmical Modulation, Including Enjambment, Caesural Pause, and Word Length 4 The Story of Elision, Including the Famous Rise, Troublesome Reign, and Tragical Fall of the Metrical Apostrophe . The Practice and Conventions of Elision .

Elision and Changing Views about Syllable Count . How Real Is Elision? And What Are We, Finally, to Think of It? 5 Boundless Wealth from a Finite Store:Meter and Grammar Part Two: Other Matters, Other Meters 6 Rhyme . The Background and History of Rhyme . The Two Common Types of Rhyme in English-- Full and Partial--and Some of Their Varieties . The Use of Rhyme Seven Stanzas 8 Trochaic and Trisyllabic Meters 9 Alternative Modes of Versi fi cation in English . Accentual Verse . Syllabic Verse . Free Verse .

Imitation-Classical Verse Notes Glossary Bibliography Permissions and Copyrights Index.